Black writers, white publishers
Subtitle: marketplace politics in twentieth-century African American literature
By: John K. Young.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- African American authors -- Publishing -- History -- 20th century; Literature publishing -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Literature publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; African Americans in literature; Race in literature
Description: "In this book, John K. Young presents the first book-length application of editorial theory to African American literature. Focusing on the manuscripts, drafts, book covers, colophons, and advertisements that trace book production, Young expands upon the concept of socialized authorship and demonstrates how the study of publishing history and practice and African American literary criticism enrich each other."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998).
Table of contents: title: Passing (on) textual history : the ends of Nella Larsen's Passing; title: Black page, white copyright : the politics of print in Ishmael Reed's Mumbo jumbo; title: Gwendolyn Brooks's bibliographical Blackness; title: Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, and postmodern, popular audiences; title: Juneteenth as a textual and racial fragment.